The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: 1.Freedom of speech, 2. Freedom of worship, 3. Freedom from want, 4. Freedom from fear. Freedom from want basically means to be in a situation where you don't have to worry about such things as where your next meal is coming from, how you can clothe yourself and your children or get a roof over your head. "Want" is this context refers to dire poverty, such as is experienced by many people in the third world.